Memories are made in very unique settings. They are made with special aromas, lavish treats and special people.
Lyn and Allan Fabig of The Calitzdorp Country House offer you some of South Africa's finest hospitality in their beautiful Calitzdorp Country House.
The House has spectacular views across a fertile valley of vineyards and orchards to the majestic Swartberg Mountains.
Extravagantly furnished with antiques, special fabrics and original art, the house is serendipitously situated at the heart of the Klein Karoo's world-class tourist attractions.
Capturing the style of a gentleman's country residence, Calitzdorp Country House exudes a quiet, elegant ambience, including extra-length king-size beds, voluptuous baths spacious enough for a tryst, and pool with shady gazebo, while the well-stocked cellar has a superb selection of local and classical South African wines to complement your silver and crystal dining experience.
This is definitely a place to which you can escape with that special someone.
Five luxurious air-conditioned bedrooms, each with its own private patio, garden and fountain, are furnished throughout with Victorian, Cape and French antiques and graced with a fabulous collection of original South and West African paintings, carvings and bronzes.
Original Oregon wood floors provide the perfect mirrored showcase for a colorful variety of rugs.
All the Italian-tiled en suite bathrooms include showers, twin washbasins on magnificent granite slabs and best of all, outsize baths that invite intimate candle-lit assignations.
The decorator's theme extends to the elegant and spacious dining and sitting rooms, where languid ceiling fans, hand crafted in the colonial style, produce gentle swirls of cooling air.
In the hotter months, air conditioning throughout the House effortlessly copes with your need for comfort.
Dining and sitting rooms flow seamlessly out to a flagstone-paved courtyard, ideal for fresh morning breakfasts or al fresco dining on hot still summer evenings, or just for lazing with a drink.
The courtyard's restful water fountain presides over a long view westwards across blue salt-water swimming pool and cool gazebo, over green vineyards and lush orchards, to the stark and dramatic Swartberg mountains beyond.
The cool shade of a verandah which surrounds three sides of Calitzdorp Country House entices guests to relax on 19th century Cape rusbanke with a book or cocktail, to take in the many examples of bird life on the adjacent dam and surrounding trees.
Indeed, Calitzdorp, is an ornithologist's paradise.
After a spectacular sunset and an dinner, guests can relax with coffee and port on the verandah.
The scenic Swartberg pass and the hamlet of Prince Albert: ostrich show farms; the famous Cango Caves; the spectacular Redstone Hills, and fabulous Meiringspoort pass, are just some of the sights within easy driving distance of the Calitzdorp Country House.
Mountain bikes are available in the village for hire by energetic guests, while a number of 4x4 routes and walking trails of varying distances and degrees of difficulty are to be found.
For info or to book call Lyn and Allan Fabig on 044-213-3760; cell: 082- 339-1554 or email: calitz [email protected] or you can check out the website www.cchouse.co.za
- This article was originally published on page 18 of The Star on July 15, 2006